ALBA Berlin collected its first victory of the season by fighting past LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 84-79 at home. 

ALBA finally grabs first season of win, fending off ASVEL 84-79

ALBA Berlin collected its first victory of the season by fighting past LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne 84-79 at home. ALBA took control of the game with a 14-2 run in the third quarter and held on to improve to 1-2, which is the same record for ASVEL.

Martin Hermannsson led ALBA with 21 points, Matteo Spagnolo scored 16 points, Trevion Williams posted a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds and Yanni Wetzell and Tim Schneider both chipped in 11 points. Theo Maledon paced ASVEL with 17 points, Paris Lee had 16 and Neal Sako also had a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds.

Maledon scored 4 points as ASVEL opened a 2-7 lead. Trailing 4-9, Williams came off the ALBA bench to spark the hosts with a 10-0 run. Williams added a triple and Spagnolo a three-point play as ALBA led 20-13 after 10 minutes. 

Two more Spagnolo scores pushed the ALBA advantage to 24-15. The host’s offense went cold though as Williams came off and Edwin Jackson buried a triple and Lee scored 4 points in a 0-9 spurt to knot the game 24-24. The ASVEL push continued with Lee's four-point play and baskets from Maledon to make it 31-36.  ALBA tallied the final 5 points and the teams went into the break even, 36-36. 

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Hermannsson opened the second half with the first 5 points including the first of five straight threes in the game - two each by the Icelandic point guard and ASVEL’s playmaker Lee to make it 44-45. It was 46-47 when Hermannsson took over with 9 straight points for 17 points in the quarter and a 60-49 ALBA lead. And the hosts were ahead 64-54 after 30 minutes. 

ASVEL tried to get back into the game but ALBA had an answer each time. A Sako putback had ASVEL within 71-63 only to see 5 points from Wetzell leave the home side ahead 76-64. The visitors did not give up and David Lighty had two triples and a Sako layin left ASVEL within 79-76 with 76 seconds to go. Louis Olinde scored for ALBA but Lee and Maledon made free throws to trim it to 81-79 with 26 seconds remaining. Tim Schneider stepped up with 2 free throws - his first attempts of the season - and ALBA led 83-79 with 16 seconds left to secure the win.  

Martin Hermannsson played a key role with a huge third quarter

ALBA finally grabs first in of season, fending off ASVEL 84-79

ALBA Berlin v LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne (2024-10-15T17:30:00.000Z)

Olympiacos Piraeus recorded its second consecutive victory at home by crushing EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in Round 3 of the 2024-35 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague campaign. 

Olympiacos thrashes Milan, 89-68, for second straight home win

Olympiacos Piraeus recorded its second consecutive victory at home by crushing EA7 Emporio Armani Milan in Round 3 of the 2024-35 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague campaign. The hosts dominated from the off at the Peace and Friendship Stadium, won all four quarters and looked solid on defense for the second game in a row. With this win on Tuesday night, Olympiacos improved to 2-1, while Milan dropped to 1-2.

Sasha Vezenkov and Shaquielle McKissic netted 22 points each to lead all scorers, with captain Kostas Papanikolaou adding 13. Zach LeDay paced the visiting team with 16 points, Ousmane Diop scored 14 and Giampaolo Ricci added 11.

The hosts got off to a strong start, with Vezenkov netting the first 5 points of the game and Moustapha Fall scoring a hook for a 7-0 run. Then, Evan Fournier opened his account before a second Vezenkov triple extended Olympiacos’s lead to 12-2. Diop scored Milan’s first field goal of the night midway through the first quarter before LeDay completed a three-point play to cut the difference to 14-7. A few Olympiacos turnovers allowed Milan to go on a 2-13 surge, with Fabien Causeur and Leandro Bolmaro nailing a triple each to put the visitors ahead, 16-17. Yet, Olympiacos responded with a 7-0 run, with Papanikolaou nailing a buzzer-beating jumper to restore a 23-17 lead heading into the second quarter.

LeDay scored 5 points to start the second, but McKissic replied with a three-point play on the other end, 26-22. Diop dunked in transition to end a 7-0 Olympiacos run inspired by McKissic and brought Milan within 33-26. Then, 3 points from Luca Vildoza were followed by a McKissic layup to beat the second-quarter buzzer and give Olympiacos a 39-27 cushion at the break.

Papanikolaou and Ricci traded triples before a Thomas Walkup layup in transition extended the Olympiacos lead to 45-30. But Ricci nailed two triples and Neno Dimitrijevic scored one of his own in a 0-11 run that was brought to an end by 4 free throws from Vezenkov that made it 49-41. Then, Shields sank one from deep, but two Papanikolaou buckets and a triple from Vezenkov gave Olympiacos a 56-44 cushion. Olympiacos pulled away heading into the closing quarter, with Fournier scoring his first triple of the night and Vezenkov taking his tally to 22 points for a 63-48 cushion.

McKissic hit the ground running in the fourth and extended Olympiacos’s lead to 68-51 with 5 personal points. Yet, Milan wouldn’t give up and fought back, trimming the deficit to 70-57 thanks to a 0-6 run. A timeout from head coach Georgios Bartzokas served as a wake-up call for his players, with Alec Peters and Vildoza netting one each from deep to make it 80-59. Milan did respond with a 0-5 run, but a Vildoza dagger set an 83-64 lead and practically put the game to bed.

The Reds again got big games from Sasha Vezenkov and Shaquielle McKissic

Olympiacos Piraeus v EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (2024-10-15T18:15:00.000Z)

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade staged a major upset in Round 3 with an impressive 57-76 road win over Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul as Joel Bolomboy stood out with 18 points and 11 boards.

Rampant Zvezda brushes aside Fenerbahce, 57-76 

Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade staged a major upset in Round 3 with an impressive 57-76 road win over Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul as Joel Bolomboy stood out with 18 points and 11 boards.

Nemanja Nedovic added 17 points for Zvezda and Mike Daum, who joined Zvezda during the off-season from Fenerbahce’s archrival Anadolu Efes Istanbul, enjoyed a memorable return to the Turkish capital with 14 points and 5 boards.

At the other end, Nigel Hayes-Davis paced Fenerbahce with a game-high 20 points to go with 8 boards, but the versatile forward was starved of support from his teammates as Devon Hall was the only other home player to register double figures, scoring 10 points.

Zvezda, which led throughout the lop-sided contest, made a flying start and raced into a 0-7 lead, which soared to 10-26 late in the first quarter as the visitors sank a barrage of deep threes from all over while stifling the home team with ironclad defense at the other end.

A rout was firmly on the cards when Zvezda pulled away to 12-31 early in the second, but Fenerbahce then enjoyed a rare good spell as it conjured a 10-0 run to slash the deficit. The hosts had beefed up their defense and were able to close the gap to 31-38 at halftime, largely thanks to Hayes-Davis who had 15 points on the interval, having scored 10 of his team’s opening 12 points.

A comeback looked likely when Fenerbahce closed to 41-45 early in the third quarter, but Daum then stepped up for Zvezda with some clutch baskets and the Serbian team pulled away to 42-54 ahead of the final 10 minutes, as Bolomboy continued to dominate at both ends of the floor.

Fenerbahce endured a torrid night plagued by poor shooting from all over in the wake of aggressive Zvezda defense.  It was hardly surprising that the visiting team raced clear to 51-67 before Fenerbahce’s key player Wade Baldwin scored his first and only 3 points of the game late in the fourth quarter.

The unstoppable Nedovic put the icing on the cake for Zvezda in the closing stages, draining a pair of successive shots from downtown as some of the home fans left the gym in a hurry before the final buzzer while Zvezda’s players danced with delight.

The Serbian team stretched its best-ever start to the EuroLeague Regular Season to three straight wins with a vintage performance in Istanbul

Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul v Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade (2024-10-15T17:45:00.000Z)

Paris Basketball held off a late charge from reigning Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens to claim its first-ever win in the competition, 84-80, at Accor Arena on Tuesday night. 

Paris holds off champs, 84-80, for maiden victory 

Paris Basketball held off a late charge from reigning Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens to claim its first-ever win in the competition, 84-80, at Accor Arena on Tuesday night. While Paris improved to 1-2 on the season, the Greens fell to 2-1.

Nadir Hifi paced the winners with 20 points. T.J. Shorts tallied 16 points and 7 assists and Collin Malcolm contributed 14 points for Paris. French national team player Mathias Lessort led Panathinaikos with 19 points and 11 rebounds, Kendrick Nunn posted 16 points and 8 rebounds and Lorenzo Brown scored 14 off the bench.

Marius Grigonis opened the scoring from deep for the champs before Kevarrius Hayes got Paris on the board. Lessort looked to make a mark with a basket inside and a block at the other end. With the score even, 7-7, both teams got a little sloppy with a series on turnover. Malcolm drained a go-ahead three for Paris before Hifi scored twice to make it 14-9.  Brown came off the bench to calm the visitors with a three only to see Hifi delight the fans with another bucket. Brown sank a pull-up jumper to end the first quarter with the hosts ahead 21-19.

Pristine Paris execution combined with poor Panathinaikos shooting as the hosts stretched the lead to 29-21 early in the second quarter. Mikael Jantunen scored twice inside and Paris was just getting going. Malcolm nailed another three and Shorts buried a pull-up jumper for the game’s first double-digit lead, 36-25. After a Panathinaikos timeout, Malcolm tripled once more and Hifi’s next three made it 42-27. Lessort helped the Greens trim the deficit to within 7 and Nunn’s jumper, with his first basket of the game, established the halftime line at 45-39.

Nunn scored and came up with a steal that led to a free throw by Brown early in the second half. Hayes shined with a put-back dunk and Shorts helped bring the momentum back Paris’s way with a three-point play. Malcolm erupted after a steal and slam to make it 56-46. Lessort continued to fight for the Greens at both ends and Nunn made a key three. Tyson Ward’s dunk and Hifi’s third three of the night got the lead to 13 before Jerrian Grant’s three-pointer ended the third quarter with Paris up 69-59.

Lessort attacked the rim and got to the line, where he drew Panathinaikos within 71-64. Second-chance baskets by Juancho Hernangomez and Lessort prompted a Paris timeout at 73-68. Shorts, after missing 2 free throws, came up with a steal, drew a foul and then missed twice more from the line. Bandja Sy came to the rescue with a second-chance score. With 3:42 remaining, Panathinaikos head coach Ataman was called for a technical foul and Nunn for an unsportsmanlike foul that send Leopold Cavaliere to the bench holding his elbow. Hifi and Jantunen made free throws to restore a 10-point lead.  Grigonis’s three-point play in the penultimate minute gave the Greens hope and Nunn drained a three to make it a 5-point game. Then, with 8.9 seconds remaining, Hifi was called for a technical foul and Hernangomez made it a one-possession game with a triple. Sebastian Herrera’s free throw with 3.3 seconds left iced the win.   

 

The hosts, who never trailed after the first quarter, held off a late Panathinaikos rally 

Paris Basketball v Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens (2024-10-15T18:30:00.000Z)

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade registered its first win of the season, holding off the visiting FC Bayern Munich 86-78 in a packed Belgrade Arena on Tuesday night. Both teams now hold a 1-2 record, as they head into the second leg of the season's first double-round week.

Partizan wins home-opener, tops Bayern 86-78

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade registered its first win of the season, holding off visiting FC Bayern Munich 86-78 in a packed Belgrade Arena on Tuesday night. Both teams now hold 1-2 records as they head into the second leg of the season's first two-round week.

Partizan took control with 6-for-7 three-point shooting in the first quarter, opening up a double-digit lead, and the margin was as big as 22 points in the second. Bayern rallied and got as close as 6 points late in the fourth quarter, but Partizan's lead was never really in question. 

Sterling Brown paced Partizan with 22 points, Carlik Jones scored 14, while Frank Ntilikina, Isaac Bonga and Tyrique Jones scored 13 apiece in victory. Andreas Obst netted 15 points for Bayern, Carsen Edwards scored 13, Nick Weiler-Babb had 12 points, Devin Booker 11 and Shabazz Napier 10 points in defeat.

The two teams traded baskets early on, with a triple from Weiler-Babb and a basket from Obst opening a 6-9 lead. But Bonga netted a triple to get Partizan going. Brown added 5 points, including his second triple, and then Bonga and Ntilikina knocked down back-to-back triples. Tyrique Jones's monster dunk made it 24-11. Danko Brankovic snapped the 13-0 run with a dunk, posterizing Aleksej Pokusevski, before Edwards ended the quarter with a three to make it 24-15.

Another triple from Brown helped the hosts open 32-17 margin, and after Booker had a three-point play, Brown nailed his fourth triple in as many attempts. Tyrique Jones scored inside for a 37-20 lead and after a three-pointer from Obst, Brown and Brandon Davies started an 8-0 run to increase the margin to 45-23. However, Bayern replied with a 2-9 run, which featured 5 more points from Obst, including a three-pointer, as Bayern cut the margin to 49-32 at halftime.

Edwards had back-to-back triples to start the third quarter, before a dunk from Johannes Voigtmann cut it to 51-41. Bonga and Voigtmann traded triples, and Booker's basket got Bayern within 54-46. But Ntilikina hit a jumper and the hosts made couple of defensive stands before Ntilikina netted a three to fuel an 8-0 run that made it 66-48. Oscar da Silva and Elias Harris managed baskets inside, but Ntilikina's triple put Partizan up 71-52 going into the fourth quarter.

Baskets were few and far between early in the fourth, before Napier banked in a triple, then added another one to cut it to 73-60. Partizan's offense slowed down, and a three-pointer from Weiler-Babb cut it to single digits. A basket from Obst made it a 7-point game, and when Partizan's Brown drove for a layup, Edwards nailed a wide-open corner three that cut the deficit to 78-72. But Iffe Lundberg, who had only had 2 points at that points, drove into the crowd for a three-point play and a 83-74 lead with 1:29 left to secure the outcome. 

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade v FC Bayern Munich (2024-10-15T18:45:00.000Z)

In a very intense game that went down to the final seconds, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz edged Real Madrid 74-71 at Buesa Arena in Round 3 on Tuesday. 


Baskonia outlasts Real Madrid, 74-71

In an intense game that came down to the final seconds, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz edged Real Madrid 76-72 at Buesa Arena 3 on Tuesday. Baskonia improved to 2-1 in the standings while Real dropped to 1-2.

Markus Howard paced the winners with 15 points in less than 18 minutes and Chima Moneke added 14 points for Baskonia. Dzanan Musa led all scorers with 17 points, Walter Tavares posted 14 points and 15 rebounds, Mario Hezonja had 13 points while Gabriel Deck scored 11 for in defeat.

Tavares got Real going with consecutive dunks that Osumane Ndiaye erased with a put-back basket and a fadeaway jumper. Howard soon gave Baskonia its first lead, 7-4. Musa stepped up with a three-point play and Hezonja added a fadeaway jumper in a 0-7 run that Sergio Llull capped with a layup in transition. Howard struck from downtown and Trent Forrest matched Eli Ndiaye's block with a jumper. Hezonja took over with a driving layup that Forrest erased with a fastbreak dunk. Deck sank a corner three-pointer for a 16-18 Real lead after 10 minutes.

Serge Ibaka struck from beyond the arc early in the second quarter. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot made a jump hook that Moneke bettered with a three-pointer to even things at 21-21. After Ibaka dunked, Forrest answered with a driving layup and Khalifa Diop's put-back slam prompted Real to call timeout at 25-23. Alberto Abalde and Luwawu-Cabarrot each scored in penetration and then Moneke hit a stop-and-pop triple in transition for a 30-25 Baskonia lead. Musa rescued Real with a fastbreak layup and Deck scored in transition in a 0-6 run that gave *Los Blancos* a 30-31 edge. Luwawu-Cabarrot and Kamar Baldwin each nailed three-pointers, but Tavares and Deck brought the visitors within 36-35 at halftime.

Tadas Sederkeskis bettered Musa's driving layup with a three-pointer soon after the break. Hezonja sank a wide open triple that Tavares followed with an alley-oop layup for a 39-42 Real lead. Diop followed a layup with a floater in a 7-0 run that Sedekerskis capped with his second triple for a 46-42 Baskonia lead. Llull answered from beyond the arc and Musa added an off-balance three-point play to give Real a 46-48 edge. Tavares dunked again and Deck added a backdoor layup that caused Baskonia to call timeout at 46-52. Luwawu-Cabarrot stepped up with a fastbreak layup to fix the score at 48-52 after 30 minutes.

Nikos Rogkavopoulos took over with a three-point play early in the fourth quarter and soon added a floater to put Baskonia in charge, 53-52. Xavier Rathan-Mates downed a triple, Deck added a fastbreak basket and Tavares dunked again, after which the hosts stopped the game at 53-59. Forrest stepped up with a layup, Musa and Howard each struck from beyond the arc and Moneke's layup made it 61-62. Howard bettered Musa's layup with a triple and Sedekerskis's floater gave Baskonia a 66-64 lead with over 3 minutes left. Hezonja struck from beyond the arc and sank another one to erase Moneke's triple. Diop sank a five-meter jumper for a 72-70 Baskonia lead with a minute left. Llull missed and Howard hit a baseline jumper with 15.3 seconds remaining. Tavares dunked and Real fouled Moneke with 10.2 seconds left. He hit both attempts and Llull missed twice from downtown seconds before the final buzzer.

Markus Howard and Chima Moneke were the hosts' two stars on the night

Baskonia outlasts Real Madrid, 76-72

Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz v Real Madrid (2024-10-15T18:30:00.000Z)

For the first time in his 21-year coaching career, Pablo Laso is back where he made his name as a player – at his hometown club, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.


Pablo Laso: ‘My expectations at Baskonia are high’

It was just a matter of time. Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, [Pablo Laso](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/teams/baskonia-vitoria-gasteiz/bas/laso-pablo/) played for Baskonia for over a decade way before he started an even more successful career as a head coach.

When he had the opportunity to come back home this summer, Coach Laso did not hesitate and [signed a three-year contract with Baskonia](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/baskonia-appoints-pablo-laso-as-head-coach/). He believes it is great to be back but at the same time, there is no one more self-demanding than him when it comes to being successful with the club he grew up with.

"Coming back to your home city, for sure, it's a great feeling,” Laso says in a feature interview. “It's an important job I wouldn't even dream about, but at the same time, I see the team, I see the club and I see the fan base and everything with a lot of expectations about it.

"We are young, we are athletic, we are very hungry. We are going to see surprises from a lot of our players. My expectations are high, but at the same time, I have to be the first one saying, 'Hey, we're playing against great teams.’"

Everyone has welcomed Laso with open arms, especially the most important players in last season's squad. "He likes to joke around, likes to mess around. But when we get on the court, he's very serious and very about us doing what we need to do to be the best team we can," scoring ace [Markus Howard](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/markus-howard/011948/) says.

"I was always thinking, 'That's a guy that I'd love to play for.' I didn't know if it would ever happen, but when I saw that he came here, I was very, very excited," power forward [Chima Moneke](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/players/chima-moneke/012201/) adds.

Laso knows Baskonia's fan base better than most and believes that the team won't lack his trademark character, night in and night out. 

"We are going to try to be competitive every night. We are going to be ready every night," Laso proclaims. "And this is something that I promise to the fan base because for me, it's very important that we show from the beginning that we are ready."

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For the first time in his 21-year coaching career, Pablo Laso is back where he made his name as a player – at his hometown club, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz.

For the first time in his 21-year coaching career, the Spaniard is back where he made his name as a player – at his hometown club

The third episode of this season's Fantasy Challenge Podcast is now available, with fantasy experts Frankie Sachs, Javier Gancedo and Vasiliki Karamouza all offering their thoughts ahead of Rounds 3 and 4 in the 2024-25 EuroLeague campaign.

Fantasy Challenge Podcast: Prepare for this season’s first two-round week

The gang returns for the latest edition of the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast! [Javier Gancedo](https://x.com/ganchetto) and [Frankie Sachs](https://x.com/MrEuroleague) of [Euroleague.net](http://Euroleague.net) are joined by Sport 24's [Vasiliki Karamouza](https://x.com/karamouza_vas) to debate the best strategies and players ahead for Round 3 of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season – and how it pertains to Round 4.

Among the topics they discussed are why it is important to have FC Barcelona and/or AS Monaco players, whether Vasiliki is a genius or a maniac for her unorthodox thinking about the centers on her team, and, of course, which players they have their eyes on.  

Time is of the essence, so listen now to best prepare yourself for this week’s action. And you just may be able to win a special prize! The details are in the episode.

Too expensive? Should we keep Ataman? I EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge Podcast 2024-25

Episode 3 is here to help fantasy managers in what should be a fascinating week fantasy-wise 

Paris Basketball guard TJ Shorts has taken to the EuroLeague like a duck to water in his first two games in the competition.

TJ Shorts is showing he means business in the EuroLeague

“Of course I believe I can play at the highest level, which is the EuroLeague. If you ask me if I’m a EuroLeague player, I definitely believe that and I know in the future my time is coming.”

That’s what Paris Basketball guard [TJ Shorts](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/euroleague/players/tj-shorts/012608/) told Eurohoops in January 2024. Back then, he wasn’t a EuroLeague player and was only speaking in semantic terms. Shorts had every right to feel that way and the actual game to back up his claims.

Paris Basketball was rolling over the competition in the BKT EuroCup behind Shorts’s leadership on the floor. The French side was looking so unstoppable that winning the title and with it the ticket to the 2024-25 EuroLeague seemed to be just a formality, waiting to be stamped and sealed.

A few months later, that is pretty much what happened. [Paris won the EuroCup](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/game-center-paris-aims-for-the-eurocup-trophy-on-bourgs-court/), [Shorts added the EuroCup Finals MVP award](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/en/eurocup/news/eurocup-finals-mvp-tj-shorts-paris-basketball/) to his trophy case next to the EuroCup MVP he had already claimed and was EuroLeague-bound, together with his club.

Read more [HERE](https://www.eurohoops.net/en/trademarks/1728111/tj-shorts-is-showing-he-means-business-in-the-euroleague/).

The 27-year-old has looked right at home in Europe's premier club basketball competition